Cast-off for suspender-buckles



(No Model.)

' F. KELLY.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDER BUGKLES.

No. 419,528. Patent-ed Jan. 14, 1890.

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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

FERGUS KELLY, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE OSBORNE &CHEESMAN COMPANY, OF CONNECTICUT.

v CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDER-BUCKLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,528, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed April 11, 1889- Serial No. 306,761. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, FERGUS KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cast-Offs forSuspender- Buokles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices by which the ends ofsuspenders are detachably connected to the buckles; and the purposethereof is to provide a light, strong, durable, and convenient cast-offattachment having an eye or loop to which the suspenderends areconnected and a housing entirely inclosing an actuating-spring, by whichthe said housing is thrown outward against the point of the hook toclose the same.

It is my purpose, also, to so construct and combine the parts that thebuckle may be attached to and detached from the cast-01f by the movementof the buckle itself without fingering the device by which the hook isclosed.

The invention consists in the several novel features of constructionand. new combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevationshowing my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa sectional view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the parts separated.

In the said drawing, the reference-n umeral 1 designates a metallicplate of suitable length and width, having at one end an eye or loop 2,which receives thesuspender-ends, and at the other end curved or bent toform a hook 3.

Upon the sides of the plate 1, nearthe eye or loop 2, are formed lateralextensions or lugs 4, which are bent at right angles with the plate andinto substantial parallelism with each other. These lugs form a supportfor a pivot-pin 5, upon which is mounted a housing 6, composed of ametal plate having.

the plate is slightly prolonged beyond the ends of the side pieces 7,and is bent inward and inclined to lie at an angle with the point of thehook and form an opening through which the ring or bar of the buckle maybe forced. At its lower end, also, the body portion of the plate 6 isprolonged and bent inward at an angle to the plate Where it lies betweenor upon the ends of the side pieces 7, so as to glide or slip over anyroughness which it would be likely to encounter.

Upon the pivot-pin is coileda spring 9, one end of which presses againstthe body of the plate 1, while the other bears upon the metal of thehook, thereby throwing the housing outward to close the latter.

This cast-oii is light and strong and can be produced at small expense,since the parts are struck from sheet metal by dies. The spring iswholly inclosed and concealed and there are no points or edges to catch,tear, or cut the clothing. The Suspender-buckle may be attached anddetached by simply pressing it between the housing and the point of thehook, thus avoiding the necessity of a finger-piece to finger and movethe housing for disengaging the buckle from the cast-off.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Y A cast-off forSuspender-buckles, ,consisting of a plate having a buckle-retaining hookat one end and an eye or loop at the opposite end and provided at itsedges with side lugs, a housing comprising side flanges pivoted to thelugs between the hook and eye or In testimonywhereof I have affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

FERGUS KELLY.

"Witnesses:

E. o. DREW, A. T. TEREELL.

